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Aug. .2, 1938. J. 5. M LEAN PACKAGING Filed July 24, 1936 Patented Aug. 2, 1938 I v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE PACKAGING J. Showles MacLean, Toledo, Ohio, assignor to The\ Franklin Creamery Company, Toledo, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application July 24, 1936, Serial No. 92,493 6 Claims. (Cl. 206--56) This invention relates to packaging. The rod 8 may have terminal portion I3 extend This invention has utility when incorporated in outwardly from the disc I as a means to be manusingle service sanitary packages for ,edibles not ally gripped for operating the disc or piston I0. only for initially completely encasing of thepack- By moving the piston I to adjacent the end I I. a age charge but also for progressive dispensing small compact cylindrical device is formed perthereof as consumed. mitting ready storage and shipping while simul- Referring to the drawing: taneously maintaining the interior I4 of the ele- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a length of printed ment 4 free from contamination. tubing, the preparation of which is a step toward At the place where the package is to be charged, production of packages hereunder; an operator may grip the rod terminus I3 and pull m Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, in which the the piston I0 against the disc I. The charge I5 7 tubing has been encased with a wrapper or sleeve; may then be placed in the chamber II, with no Fig. 3 is a section longitudinally through a comsoiling nor smearing of the exterior of the tube I pleted empty package of the invention herein as r th di The sleeve pp 3 y 5 supplied to the packer for storage prior to chargthen be shifted toward the delivery end I l to pro- 5 mg; vide\e xtension I6 therebeyond which may be Fig. 4 is a plan viewof the device of Fig. 3; readilytwisted andfolded into a closure I'I' there- Fig. 5 is a section longitudinally through a f r. The pa ka s then pl and ady for charged package having the outer wrapper shifted the customer. The material therein is completely to position ready for folding to form a closure for sealed against contamination until ready for use. 20 the end through which the package was charged; It may be handled upright or on its side with no Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a completed filled hazard of spilling its semi-fluid contents such as package and ices or ice cream. The package herein being pri-' Fig. '7 is a plan view of Fig. 6. marily designed for frozen confections, the op- The initial step in the manufacture of packerator handling the same usually has damp hands ages hereunder is the production of a continuous and this permits ready gripping of the wrapper 3 tube I of heavy paper, cardboard, or like relato slide it along the inner tube.

tively rigid material, and the placing thereon of a The rib 5 insures a maintenance of e pp series of indicia 2 by printing or other marking 3 i p r p s until us the nitial shiftin no means. Wrapper 3 is then placed about the tube of the wrapp being resisted th y- I and may be preferably of a transparent or trans- By twisting the extension I6 into the closure I'i,

lucent, readily foldable flexible stock. In placing there is provided tip I8 as a handle-like knob the wrapper 3 about the tube I it is desirable to facilitating opening of the dispensing end. In have a coaxial fit therebetween preventing self opening, the tip I8 may be grasped and the shield 5 shifting or relative disturbance between the tubes pulled off the tube I, followi g which the conone to the other but permitting ready manual tents may be delivered through the open end as shifting of the wrapper 3 along the tube I. desired by operation of the rod 8.

The double-walled continuous tube is then cut The piston I0 is anchored with the stem 8 by into predetermined lengths 4, the-length of the eyelet I9.

40 element and the marking 2 having been so cal- The container has its delivery end maintained 40 culated that each bears a complete marking in sanitary and against contamination by the sleeve alike position. i 3. In shifting the wrapper 3, the indicia isex- The element I is then provided with embossed p d and increases readability. while complete rib 5 adjacent one end thereof, the rib being removal o t e W pp fully p s y portion 5 b t th element 4 d bulging outwardly t thereof which might extend thereunder while provide seat or groove 6 on the interior thereof providing a seal- The materials from which the for fixedly positioning disc 1 as a frictionally anpackage is formed being p e erab y of paper chored closure for one end of the tube, thereby oc provide desirable insulating qualities held against ready snapping out or displacement. against heat from the hand of the consumer be- R d or t 8 may xtend through opening 9 oning transferred to a frozen confection. 50 trally of the disc I to have disc or diaphragm It What is claimed and it is desired to secure by fixed on the end thereof within the element 4, the United States Letters Patent is: disc I0 being shiftable by the rod 8 along the in- 1. A package comprising a tubular container terior of the element 4 to and from delivery end having a delivery end, a terminal closure for the II as remote from the end I2 sealed by the disc 1. opposite end, and a wrapper assembled to con- 55 form exteriorly with the container between said ends, said wrapper being shiitable relatively to the container toprovide an integral extension of said wrapper beyond the delivery end, said wrapper integral extension being there foldable to provide a closure for the delivery end of the container.

2. A dispensing package comprising a tube having a delivery end and an endless seat adjacent the opposite end, a closure disc fixed by said seat, a rod through said closure, a diaphragm movable by said rod for. shifting container-charged material through the delivery end, a wrapper mounted and'conforming exteriorly to the tube and so constructed to be shiftable relatively along the tube to provide an integralextension beyond the delivery end foldable into a closure therefor, said tube so constructed to mount the wrapper and house the rod to be thereby adapted to be telescoped within the tube in unfilled condition of the package for compact displacement.

3. A package comprising a tube, there being a rib outwardly and about the tube adjacent one end thereof providing a groove on the inner side initial shifting of said wrapper to hold the wrapper to conform to the tube exterior.

4. The method of packaging material in a douhie-walled container comprising closing one end of said container, charging said container through the open end with the material to be packaged. shifting the outer wall of the container longitudinally of the inner wall to provide an integral extension beyond the open end and folding said integral extension into a closure therefor.

5. A package comprising a tube having an endless seat adjacent an end thereof, a closure disc for an end of the tube engaged in said seat, and a wrapper conforming to the tube exterior throughout the length of said tube and wrapper, said wrapper being shiftable relativelyto the tube to provide an integral extension remote from the disc, said extension being collapsible to provide a closure for the package.

6. A container having concentric inner and outer walls, an end in the container having a. seat bulging said walls for theinner wall to interflt with the end and for the inner wall to interfit with the outer wall, said outer wall being shiftable as to sald bulging to form an integral extension from an end wall collapsible to form a closure opposite to said end.

J. SHOWLES MACLEAN. 

